patronymic
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Genealogist Calum MacNeil said patronymic names were popular when he was growing up in Nask, a small community in Barra.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2025
It will also allow the use of traditional patronymic and matronymic names used by the Frisian minority, which entail children’s surnames being based on their father’s or mother’s first name.
From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2024
“This is exactly what we were doing, Dmytro Volodymyrovych,” she addressed him respectfully, with his patronymic.
From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2022
Cedillo responded, “I bet it ends in i-a-n,” referring to the traditional patronymic in Armenian surnames.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
On the door is a plate embossed with the name Lloyd, the patronymic of the brothers in question.
From Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey by Lloyd, John Uri
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